Mali junta reports ‘terrorist’ attacks on several targets
An attack by “unknown armed terrorists” has been carried out on military barracks and other targets in the capital Bamako, the military in Mali reported on Saturday.
Attacks had also occurred in other locations in the country, the general staff reported.
Fighting was ongoing, a brief statement said.
Witnesses reported intense fighting in a town near the capital where junta leader General Assimi Goita lives, and in other key cities.
Mali, a landlocked West African country, has been ruled by a...
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